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THE 



ORIGINAL CHARTER 



COLUMBIA COLLEGE, 

lit % Citir of |tctu forlt, 



THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE 



ALTERING AND AMENDING THE SAME, 



OR RELATING TO THE COLLEGE. 



NEW-YORK: 

HALL, CLAYTON & CO., PRINTERS 
1854. 



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THE 



OEIGINAL CHAETEB 



COLUMBIA COLLEGE, 



OCTOBER 31st, 1754; 



THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE 



«AXTEEUC2Xr& AST» AMS3r»X»T& THE SAME, 



OR RELATING TO THE COLLEGE. 



NEW-YORK: 

HALL, CLAYTON & CO., PRINTERS. 
1854. 



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ORIGINAL CHARTER 



COLUMBIA COLLEGE 



GEORGE THE SECOND, by the grace ofuecitab. 
God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, 
Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these 
presents shall come, Greeting : Whereas, by sev- Money 
eral acts of the Governonr, Council, and General acts of the 
assembly of our Province of New York, divers to e buiid a 

J College. 

sums of money have been Raised by Publick Lot- 
teries, and appropriated for the founding, erecting, 
and establishing a College in our said Govern- 
ment, for the Education and Instruction of Youth 
in the Liberal Arts and Sciences : And Whereas, Grant of 
the Rector and inhabitants of the City of New Trinity 
York, in Communion of the Church of England, site for the 
as by Law Established, for the encouraging and 
promoting the same good design, have sett apart 
a parcel of ground for that purpose, of upwards of 
Three Thousand Pounds value, belonging to the 
said Corporation, on the west side of the broad- 
way, in the west ward of our City of New York, 
fronting easterly to Church street, between Bar- 
clay street and Murray street, four hundred and 
forty foot ; And from thence running westerly, 
between and along the said Barclay street and 
Murray street, to the North River ; And also, a 
street, from the middle of the said Land, Easterly 



to the Broadway, of ninety Foot, to be called 
Robinson street, And have declared that they are 
ready and desirous to Convey the said Land in 
Fee, to and for the use of a College, intended and 
proposed to be Erected and Established in our 
said Province, upon the terms in their said decla- 
ration mentioned : And Whereas our Loving Sub- 
jects, the Trustees, appointed in and by an act of 
the Governor, Council, and General Assembly of 
our said Province of New York, In titled an Act 
for Vesting in Trustees the sum of three Thousand 
four Hundred and forty three Pounds eighteen 
shillings, by way of Lottery, for erecting a College 
within this Colony, esteeming the said Lands of- 
fered and sett apart by the said Rector and Inha- 
bitants of the City of New York, in Communion 
of the Church of England, as by Law Established, 
the most convenient place for the Building, Erect- 
ing, and Establishing, a College, in our said Pro- 
vince, have, by their humble petition, presented 
to our trusty and well beloved James Be Lancey, 
Esq., our Lieutenant Governor and Commander in 
Chief of our said Province of New York, In Council, 
prayed our Letters patent of Incorporation for the 
Better Establishing, Erecting, and Building a Col- 
lege, on the said Lands, and the more Effectually 
Governing, Carrying on, and Promoting the same, 
and Instructing of Youth in the Liberal Arts and 
Sciences ; Wherefore, Wee, being willing to Grant 
the Reasonable request and desire of our said 
Loving Subjects, and to Encourage the said good 
design of promoting a Liberal Education among 
them, and to make the same as Beneficial as may 
be, not only to the Inhabitants of our said Province 
of New York, But to all our Colonies and Terri- 
tories in America, Know Ye, that Wee, consider- 



ing the premisses, do, of our especial Grace r 
Certain Knowledge, and meer motion, by these 
presents, will, Grant, Constitute, and ordain, that 
when, and as soon as the said Rector and Inhabi- 
tants of the City of New York, in Communion of 
the Church of England, as by Law established, 
shall legally convey and assure the said herein 
before mentioned Lands to the Corporation, or 
body politick, Erected and made by these our Let- 
ters patent, That there be erected and made on 
the said Lands, a College, and other Buildings 
and Improvements, for the use and conveniency 
of the same, which shall be called and Known by 
the name of King's College, for the Instruction and kSJV* 
Education of Youth in the Learned Languages, Colleg8 ' 
and Liberal Arts and Sciences ; And that in Con- 
sideration of such Grant, to be made by the Rector 
and Inhabitants of the City of New York, in Com- 
munion of the Church of England, as by Law President of 

to ' J the College 

Established, the President of the said College, for to be in com- 

° munion with 

the time being, shall for ever hereafter be a mem* the church 

b ' of England. 

ber of, and in Communion with the Church of 
England, as by Law established ; And that the 
Governors of the said College, and their succes- 
sors, for ever, shall be one body Corporate and 
politick, in deed, fact, and name, and shall be 
called, named, and distinguished, by the name of ^^ rate 
the Governors of the College of the Province of 
New York, in the City of New York, in America, 
and them and their successors, by the name of the 
Governors of the College of the Province of New 
York, in the City of New York, in America, one 
Body Corporate and politick, in deed, fact, and 
name, really and fully, we do for us, our heirs and 
Successors,Erect,Ordain, inake, Constitute, declare, 
and Create by these presents, and that by that name, 



they shall and may have perpetual succession : 
And we do for us, our heirs, and successors, for the 
Continuance and Better Establishment of the said 
College, Will, Give, Grant,' Ordain, Constitute, 
and appoint, that in the said College, to be Erected 
and Built upon the Lands aforesaid, there shall 
from henceforth forever be a Body Corporate and 
politick, Consisting of the Governors of the Col- 
lege of the Province of New York, in the City of 
New York, in America ; And for the more full 
and perfect Erection of the said Corporation and 
Body politick, consisting of the Governors of the 
College of the Province of New York, in the City 
of New York in America, we do will, Grant, or- 
dain, Constitute, assign, Limitt, and appoint, by 
Si e T c r o 1 ue S e 0f tnese presents, the most Eeverend Father in God, 
a an o < £ted nd our Trusty, and well beloved Thomas, Lord Arch- 
bishop of Canterbury, and the most Reverend the 
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury for the time 
being ; The Right Honorable Dunk, Earl of Hali- 
fax, first Lord Commissioner for Trade and Plan- 
tations, and the first Lord Commissioner for 
Trade and plantations for the time being ; Our 
now Lieutenant Governor and Commander in 
chief of our said Province of New York, and the 
Governor or Commander in chief of our said 
Province for the time being ; the eldest Councilor 
of our said Province now and for the time being ; 
the Judges of our Supreme Court of Judicature of 
our said Province now and for the time being ; 
the Secretary of our said Province now and for 
the time being ; the Attorney General of our said 
Province now and for the timel)eing ; the Speaker 
of the General Assembly of our said Province 
now and for the time being ; the Treasurer of our 
said Province now and for the time being ; the 



Mayor of our City of New York in our said Pro- 
vince now and for the time being ; the Rector of 
Trinity Church in our said City of New York 
now and for the time being ; the Senior Minister 
of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in our 
said City now and for the time being ; the Minister 
of the ancient Lutheran Church in our said City 
now and for the time being ; the Minister of the 
French Church in our said City now and for the time 
being ; the Minister of the Presbeterian Congrega- 
tion in our said City for the time being ; the Presi- 
dent of the said College, appointed by these Pre- 
sents, and the President of the said College for the 
time being, to be chosen as herein after is directed, 
and twenty four other Persons, Who shall be called 
and named, and are hereby called and named, the 
Governors of the College of the Province of New 
York, in the City of New York in America; And for 
that purpose, We have elected, nominated,ordained, 
constituted, limited, and appointed, and by these 
Presents do, for us, our Heirs, and Successors, 
elect, nominate, ordain, constitute, limit, and ap- 
point, the said most Reverend Father in God, 
Thomas ; Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and the 
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being; 
The Right Honourable Dunk, Earl of Halifax, 
first Lord Commissioner for Trade and Plantations, 
and the first Lord Commissioner for Trade and 
Plantations for the time being ; our now Lieute- 
nant Governor and Commander in Chief of our 
Province of New York, and the Governor or 
Commander in chief of our said Province for the 
time being ; the eldest Councilor of our said Pro- 
vince now and for the time being ; the Judges of 
our Supreme Court of Judicature of our said 
Province now and for the time being ; the Secre- 



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tary of our said Province now and for the time 
being ; the Attorney General of our said Province 
now and for the time being ; the Speaker of the 
General Assembly of our said Province now and 
for the time being ; the Treasurer of our said 
Province now and for the time being ; the Mayor 
of our said City of New York now and for the 
time being ; the Rector of Trinity Church in our 
said City now and for the time being ; the Senior 
Minister of the Reformed Protestant Dutch 
Church in our said City now and for the time 
being ; the Minister of the ancient Lutheran 
Church in our said City now and for the time 
being ; the minister of the French Church in our 
said City now and for the time being ; the minister 
of the Presbiterian Congregation in our said City 
for the time being ; the President of the said Col- 
lege, appointed by these Presents, and the Presi- 
dent of the said College for the time being ; and 
Archibald Kennedy, Joseph Murray, Josiah Mar- 
tin, Paul Richard, Henry Cruger, William Wal- 
ton, John Watts, Henry Beekman, Philip Ver 
Planck, Frederick Philipse, Joseph Robinson, 
John Cruger, Oliver De Lancey, James Liv- 
ingston, Esquires, Benjamin Nicoll, William 
Livingston, Joseph Read, Nathaniel Marston, 
Joseph Haynes, John Livingston, Abraham Lodge, 
David Clarkson, Leonard Lispenard, and James 
De Lancey the Younger, Gentlemen, to be the 
present Governors of the said College ; and we 
do by these Presents ordain and appoint our well 
FiMt Presi- beloved Samuel Johnson, Doctor of Divinity, to 
and appoint- be the first and present President of the said 
College, for and during his Good Behaviour ; and 
do will that he and the President for the time 
being after him, who shall also hold his office 



during Good behaviour, shall have the Immediate 
care of the Education and Government of the 
students that shall be sent to and admitted into 
the said College for Instruction and Education, 
according to such Rules and prders as shall be 
made by the Governors of the said College ; 
And they are by these presents made and consti- 
tuted a Body Corporate and politick, by the said 
name of the Governors of the College of the pro- 
vince of New York, in the City of New York, in 
America; and they and their successors, by the 
said name of the Governors of the College of the 
province of New York, in the City of New York, 
in America, be, and for ever hereafter shall be, 
a Body politick and Corporate, in deed, fact, and 
name, and shall be Capable and able in Law to capable to 

sue, &c. 

sue and be sued, Implead and be Impleaded, 
answer and be Answered unto, Defend and be 
Defended, In all Courts and places, before Us, 
our Heirs and Successors, and before all and 
any the Judges, Justices, Officers, and Ministers 
of Us, our Heirs and Successors, in any Court or 
Courts, place and places Whatsoever, in all and 
all manner of actions, suits, Complaints, Pleas, 
causes, matters, and demands whatsoever, and 
of what kind or nature soever, in as full, ample 
manner and form as any of our other Liege Sub- 
jects of our said Province of New York can or 
may sue and be sued, Implead and be Impleaded, 
defend and be Defended, by any Lawfull ways 
and means whatsoever. And, also, that they and 
their successors, by the said name of the Gover- 
nors of the College of the Province of New York, 
in the City of New York, in America, be, and for 
ever hereafter, shallbeaBodv Corporate, Capable Take and 

• ' ■ * hold lands, 

and able in Law to purchase, take, hold, receive, &«• 



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Enjoy, and have any messuages, houses, Lands, 
Tenements, and Hereditaments, and real Estate 
whatsoever, in Fee simple, or for Term of Life, 
or Lives, or Years, or in any other manner how- 
Not exceed- soever, for the use of the said College ; Provided 

vng m value _ . 07 

2000 pounds always, the clear yearly value thereof do not 

per annum. J ' J J 

exceed the sum of Two Thousand pounds Ster- 
ling; and also Goods, Chattells, Books, moneys, 
annuities, and all other things of what nature and 
kind soever. And, also, that they and their Suc- 
cessors, by the same name of the Governours of 
the College of the Province of New York, in the 
City of New York, in America, to and for the use 
of the said College, shall and may have full power 
buiidSgs, anc * authority to Erect and build any house or 
o?? he ^ro e houses, or other Buildings, as they shall think 
perty, & c . necessary or convenient ; and also to Give, Grant, 
Bargain, sell, demise, assign, or otherwise dispose 
of all or any messuages, Lands, Tenements, Rents, 
and other Hereditaments, and real Estate, and all 
Goods, Chattells, money, and other things what- 
soever, as to them shall seem fitt, either in the 
payment of the Salary or Salaries of the President, 
Fellows, and Professors of the said College, or 
any other officers or ministers of the same, at 
Except the their will and pleasure : excepting always, and 

lands Given . . r r ° J . 

by Trinity it is, Nevertheless, our True Intent and meaning 

Church. 

that the said Governors of the said College for 
the time being, and their Successors, or any of 
them, shall not do or suffer to be done, at any 
time hereafter, any act or thing whereby or by 
means whereof the Lands set apart and offered 
to be Conveyed by the Rector and Inhabitants of 
the City of New York, In Communion of the 
Church of England as by Law Established, for 
the use of the College, or any part thereof, shall 



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be Tested, Conveyed, or Transferred, to any other 
person, contrary to the true meaning hereof, other 
than by such Leases as are hereafter mentioned : 
our will and pleasure is, therefore, and we do for 
us our heirs and Successors will and ordain, that 
no Grant or Lease of the said Land, or any part 
thereof, shall be made by the said Governors of 
the said College which shall exceed the number 
of Twenty one Years, and That either in pos- 
session or not above three years before the End 
and Expiration or Determination of the Estate 
or Estates in possession. And we do by these 
presents will, ordain, and direct, that the said 
Governors of the said College (Except always 
the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury for the time 
being, and our first Lord Commissioner for Trade 
and Plantations) do, at their first meeting, after the 
receipt of these our Letters patents, and before they 
proceed to any business of and concerning the said 
College, take the oaths appointed to be taken by J^j° T 2£ 
an act passed in the first year of our Late Royal «>rtain 
Father's Reign, Entituled, [an Act for the further 
security of his Majesty's Person and Government, 
and the Succession of the Crown, in the Heirs*of 
the late Princess Sophia, being protestants, and 
for extinguishing the Hopes of the pretended 
Prince of wales, and his open and Secret abet- 
tors,] and make and subscribe the declaration 
mentioned in An Act of Parliament made in the 
twenty fifth year of the Reign of King Charles 
the second, Entituled, [an act for preventing Dan- 
gers which may happen from popish Recusants ;] 
as also, an oath, faithfully to execute the trust Re- 
posed in them, as members of the said Corpora- 
tion, which Oaths we authorize and Impower the 
Justices of our Supreme Court of Judicature, for 



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Time of 
meeting of 
Governors ; 
and fifteen 
to be a 
Quorum. 



our said Province of New York for the time being, 
any or either of them to administer ; and that 
when, and as often as any person or persons, 
either by his office or place in our said Govern- 
ment, or Elsewhere, (Except always the Lord 
Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being, and 
our first Lord Commissioner for Trade and Plan- 
tations for the time being,) or by Choice of the 
said Governors of the said College, shall become, 
or be Chosen a Member or members of the said 
Corporation, they shall, before they are admit- 
ted, or enter into the said office or Trust, take the 
said Oaths, and Subscribe the said Declaration to 
be administered to them in the manner above 
directed. And we do further will, ordain, and 
direct, that the Governors of the said College, 
shall yearly, and every year hereafter, forever, on 
the Second Tuesday in the Month of May, in 
every year, meet together in our said City of 
New York, for the Better taking care of, and Pro- 
moting the Interest of the said College ; and that 
the said Governors of the said College, or any 
fifteen or more of them being met, shall be a 
Legal meeting of the said Corporation, and they, 
or the major part of them so met, shall have full 
power and authority to adjourn from day to day, 
as the Business of the said College may require, 
and to do, execute, and perform, all and every act 
and acts, thing and things whatsoever, which the 
said Governors of the said College are, or shall 
by these, our Letters patent, be authorized and 
Impowered to do, act, or Transact, in as full and 
ample manner, as if all and every of the members 
of the said Corporation were present. And we do 
will, ordain, and direct, that as our Right Trusty 
and well beloved Thomas, Lord Archbishop of 



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Canterbury, and the Lord Archbishop of Canter-^™ 3 
bury for the time being ; and our said first Lord ^y 
Commissioner for Trade and Plantations, and the %*£*** 
First Lord Commissioner for Trade and planta- 
tions for the time being, cannot attend the meet- 
ings of the said Corporation, they and each of 
them shall, from time to time, have full power 
and authority to appoint a Proxy, in writing, 
under their hand and seal, which person or per- 
sons so appointed by them, and each of them 
shall and may Represent them, and each of them, 
Respectively, according to such appointment, and 
shall have full power to vote and act as a Governor 
or Governors of the said Corporation, at any and 
every meeting of the said Corporation, as fully 
and amply as if they, the Constituents, and each 
of them were present at every such meeting or 
meetings ; And, in Case any other meeting or 
meetings of the said Governors of the said Col- 
lege shall, at any other time or times, be Judged 
and deemed Necessary for the Carrying on and 
promoting of the Business and Interest of the s P ec i. al 

r ° meetings, 

said College, or the Government thereof, by any notice 
five members of the said Corporation, we do, by 
these presents, authorize and Impower such five 
members by writing, and under their hands, to 
direct the Clerk of the said Corporation to Give 
notice of the day appointed by them, for such 
meeting, at the said City of New York, by 
advertiseing the same in one or more of the pub- 
lick newspapers, at Least, seven Days before such 
meeting ; and, that at such meeting, the said 
Clerk, before entering on any Business, shall 
Certify such Notification, under his hand, to the Fifteen 

" members a 

Board then met ; Provided, always. Fifte*en or Quorum for 

7 ' i transaction 

more of the said members shall be then met to- of business 



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gether, which said fifteen or more members, so 
met, In Pursuance of such Notification, shall be a 
Legal meeting of the said Governors of the said 
College ; and they, or the major part of them so 
mett, shall have full power and authority to ad- 
journ from day to day, as the Business of the said 
College may require, and to do, Transact, and 
perform, all matters and things whatsoever, that the 
said Governors of the said College are, or shall be 
authorized and Impowered to do, by these pre- 
sents. And, of our further Grace, Certain Knowl- 
edge, and meer motion, to the Intent that the said 
Corporation and Body politick, may answer the 
end of their erection and Constitution, and may 
have perpetual succession and Continue forever, 
Wee do for us, our heirs, and Successors, Give and 
Grant unto the said Governors of the said Col- 
lege of the Province of New York, in the City of 
New York in America, and to their Successors 
for ever, that when and as often as they or any 
fifteen or more of the said members of the said 
Corporation or of their Successors shall be mett 
together at their said Yearly meeting herein be- 
fore appointed, or at any other meeting upon No- 
tification, as aforesaid, for the Service of the said 
College, that the Governor or Commander in 
chief of our said Province of New York, and, in 
Governor of his absence, the First person in Rank in our said 

the Province x . 

or person Government, who holds his place as a Governor 

next in rank , " 

or senior f the said Corporation by his office, place, or 

Governor, as A ' n i i tm n 

the case may Dignity, and, in the absence of such, the Mdest 
preside at aii Governor or member of the said Corporation then 

meetings. » 

present, such Seniority to be taken according as 
they are named in this our Charter, during the 
lives of the present Governors, and after their 
death, the Seniority to be taken and accounted as 



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they have been a Longer or shorter time Governors 
of the said Corporation, shall preside at such meet- 
ing from time to time, and that at such meeting or 
meetings from time to time, they or the major part 
of them so met, shall have full power and author- 
ity to Elect, nominate, and appoint any person to 
be president of the said College in a Vacancy of 
the said Presidentship for and during his Good President of 
Behaviour ; provided, always, such President andFeiiows, 

1 r ' J ' Professors, 

Elect or to be elected by them, be a member of a^ Tutors 

J 7 ' to be 

and in Communion with the Church of England, appointed, 
as by Law Established ; and, also, to Elect one 
or more Fellow or Fellows, Professor or Profes- 
sors, Tutor or Tutors, to assist the President of 
the said College in the Education and Govern- 
ment of the Students belonging to the said Col- 
lege, which Fellow or Fellows, Professor or Pro- 
fessors, Tutor or Tutors, and every of them, shall 
hold and Enjoy their said office or place, either at 
the will and pleasure of the Governors of the said 
Corporation or during his or their Good Beha- 
viour, according as shall be agreed upon Between 
such Fellow or Fellows, Professor or Professors, 
Tutor or .Tutors, and the said Governors of the 
said College, Provided, always, such Fellow or 
Fellows, Professor or Professors, Tutor or Tutors, 
before they or either of them enter into or Take 
upon themselves such office, do take the Oaths 
and subscribe the declaration herein before di- 
rected, to be Taken and subscribed by the 
Governors of the said College before they enter 
upon their said Respective offices ; and that when 
and as often as any or either of the said offices 
shall become Vacant by death or otherwise, the said 
Governors or the major part of any Fifteen or more 
of them so met as aforesaid, shall have full power 



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Vacancies in 
the places 
of Governors 
to be filled. 



President, 
Fellows, 
Professors, 
and Tutors, 
when and 
how sus- 
pended or 
discharged. 



to Elect, Nominate, and appoint, other or others 
in their places, upon the same proviso or Condi- 
tion as aforesaid ; and, Also, to Elect, Nominate, 
and appoint, upon the Death, Removal, Refusal 
to Qualify, or other vacancy of the place or places, 
of any Governor or Governors of the said Corpo- 
ration not holding his office or place as a member 
of the same, by virtue of any other station, office, 
place, or dignity, from time to time, other or 
others in their places or stead as often as such 
vacancy shall happen, which Governor or Gover- 
nors so from time to time elected and appointed, 
shall, by virtue of these presents, and of such 
Election and appointment be vested with all the 
powers, authoritys, and priviledges, which any 
Governor of the said Corporation is hereby In- 
vested with. And, we do further, of our especial 
Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer motion, for 
us, our heirs, and Successors, Grant and ordain 
that when and as often as the president of the 
said College, or any Fellow, Professor or Tutor 
holding his place during Good behaviour shall 
misdemean himself in his or their said offices, 
and thereupon a Complaint or Charge in writing 
of such misdemeanour shall be exhibited against 
him or them by any member of the said Corpora- 
tion, at any meeting or meetings of the said Cor- 
poration met and convened as aforesaid, That it 
shall be Lawful for the said members of the said 
Corporation then met, or the major part of them 
from time to time, upon Examination and due 
proof, to suspend or discharge such President, 
Fellow, Professor, or Tutor, from his said office, 
and other or others in his or their place or places 
to appoint; and, we do further for us, our heirs, and 
Successors, will and Grant that the said Gover- 



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nors of the said College, or the major part of any 
fifteen or more of them Convened and mett as 
aforesaid, shall and may, from time to time, as 
occasion may require, Elect, Constitute, and ap- 
point, a Treasurer, Clerk, and Steward, for the Treasurer, 

r Clerk, and 

said College, and to appoint them and each of steward. 
them their respective Business and Trusts, and to 
displace and discharge from the Service of the 
said College such Treasurer, Clerk, or steward, 
and to elect other or others in their places and 
stead ; and such Treasurer, Clerk, and steward, 
so Elected and appointed, we do for us, our heirs, 
and Successors, by these presents Constitute and 
Establish in their several offices, and do Give T !L nureof 

' offices. 

them full power and authority to Exercise the 
same in the said College, according to the direc- 
tion and during the pleasure of the said Governors 
of the said College, or the major part of any 
fifteen or more of them Convened as aforesaid, 
as fully and freely as any other the like officers 
in any of our universities or any of our Colleges 
in that part of our Kingdom of Great Britain called 
England, Lawfully may and ought to do : and we 
do further, of our Especial Grace, Certain Knowl- 
edge, and meer motion, Give and Grant unto the 
said Governors of the said College, that they and 
their Successors, or the major part of any fifteen 
or more of them Convened and mett Together 
in manner aforesaid, shall and may direct and 
appoint what Books shall be publickly read and J^jjjj,, 
taught in the said College, by the President, ™ c a t J b ® e ^ b " 
Fellows, Professors, and Tutors ; and shall and JJ^gJ* 
may, under their Common seal, make and set JjJJ "J* 
down, and they are hereby fully Impowered, 
from time to time, to make and set down in 



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writing, such Laws, ordinances, and orders, for 
the Better Government of the said College, and 
Students, and Ministers thereof, as they shall 
think best for the General Good of the same, so 
that they are not Repugnant to the Laws and 
statutes of that part of our Kingdom of Great 
Britain called England, or of our said Province 
SeSiSted °f ^ ew York, and do not extend to exclude any 
^^J 01 - person of any Religious Denomination whatever 
xeiSou^ 13 fr° m Equal Liberty and advantage of Education, 
tenets. or f rom an y the Degrees, Liberties, Priviledges, 
Benefits, or Immunities of the said College, on 
account of his particular Tenets in matters of 
Religion ; And such laws, Ordinances, and orders, 
which shall be so made as aforesaid, we do by 
these Presents, for us, our heirs, and Successors, 
Ratify, Confirm, and allow, as Good and Effectual 
to bind and oblige all and every the Students and 
Officers and Ministers of the said College ; and 
we do hereby authorize and Impower the said 
Governors of the said College, or the major part 
of any fifteen or more of them, at any of their 
meetings Convened as aforesaid, and the Presi- 
dent, Fellows, and Professors for the time being, 
to put such Laws, ordinances, and orders, in 
Punishments execution, that is to say, such as Inflict upon any 
Student the Greater Punishments of Expulsion, 
Suspension, Degradation, and public Confession, 
by the Governors of the said College, or the 
major part of any fifteen or more of them, con- 
vened and met Together as aforesaid only ; and 
such as Inflict the Lesser Punishments, by the 
President, Fellows, and Professors, or any of 
them, according to the true Intent of such Laws, 
ordinances, and orders, as shall be made In Pur- 



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suance of these presents for that purpose. And 
we do further will, ordain, and direct, that there 
shall be forever hereafter Publick morning andpubiick 
evening service Constantly performed in the said tSSSege. 
College, morning and evening for ever, by the 
President, Fellows, Professors, or Tutors, of the 
said College, or one of them, according to the 
Liturgy of the Church of England as by Law 
Established, or such a Collection of prayers out 
of the said Liturgy, with a Collect peculiar for 
the said College, as shall be approved of from 
time to time by the Governors of the said College, 
or the major part of any fifteen or more of them 
Convened as aforesaid : and we do further will 
and Grant, that the said Governors of the said 
College for the time being, or the major part of 
any fifteen or more of them Convened as aforesaid, 
shall have full power and Lawful authority to visit, visitation of 
order, punish, place, and displace, The Treasurer, e ege ° 
Clerk, Steward, students, and other officers and 
ministers of the said College, and to order, Reform f 
and Redress, all and any the disorders, misde- 
meanors and abuses in the persons aforesaid, or 
any of them, and to Censure, suspend, or deprive 
them, or any or either of them, So always, that no 
visitation, act, or thing, in or Concerning the said 
College, be made or done by any other person or 
persons whatsoever but as is herein before Directed 
and Declared. And we do further, of our Espe- 
cial Grace, Certain Knowledge, and meer motion, 
will, Give, and Grant, unto the said Governors of 
the said College, that for the Encouragement of 
the Students of the said College to Diligence and 
Industry in their Studies, that they and their 
Successors, and the major part of any fifteen or 



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more of them Convened and mett together as 
aforesaid, do, by the President of the said College, 
or any other person or persons by them authorized 
and appointed, Give and Grant any such degree 
Degrees and degrees to any the students of the said College, 

conferred, ° J , , , , 

and Dipio- or any other person or persons by them thought 
tificates worthy thereof, as are usually Granted by any or 
granted, either of our universities or Colleges in that part 
of our Kingdom of Great Britain called England, 
and that the President, or such other persons to 
be appointed for that purpose as aforesaid, do 
sign and seal Diplomas or Certificates of such 
Degree or Degrees, to be kept by the Graduates 
5is a Testimonial thereof. And Further, of our 
Especial Grace, Certain Knowledge, and meer 
motion, we do for us, our heirs, and Successors, 
will, Give, and Grant, unto the said Governors 
of the said College, and to their Successors, that 
common they shall and may have one Common Seal, 
under which they shall and may pass all Grants, 
Diplomas, and all other writings whatsoever, 
requisite, necessary, or Convenient to pass under 
the seal of the said Corporation; which seal shall 
be Engraven in such form and with such Devices 
and Inscriptions as shall be agreed upon by the 
said Governors of the said College, or the major 
part of any fifteen or more of them that shall be 
Convened for the service of the said College, in 
the manner above directed; and by these our 
Letters patent it shall and may be Lawful for 
them and their Successors, at any of their meet- 
ings Convened as aforesaid, as they shall see 
eause, to Break, Change, alter, and new make 
the same, or any other common Seal, when and 
as often as to them shall seem convenient. 



Seal. 



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And we, further, for us, our heirs, and Successors, 
Give and Grant unto the said Governors of the 
said College, and their Successors, or the major 
part of any fifteen or more of them Convened as 
aforesaid, full power and authority, from time to 
time, and at all times hereafter, to nominate and 
appoint all other Inferior officers or Ministers other infe- 

1.11 ,,,,., . -, rior officers 

which they shall think convenient and necessary may be a P - 
for the use of the College, not herein particularly 
named or mentioned, which Officers and Ministers 
we do hereby Impower to execute their Respective 
offices or Trusts, during the will and pleasure only 
of the Governors of the said College, or the major 
part of any fifteen or more of them Convened as 
aforesaid, as fully and freely as any other the like 
Officers or ministers in and of our Universities or 
any other College in that part of our Kingdom of 
Great Britain Called England may or ought to do» 
And, Lastly, of our Express will and pleasure, 
and meer motion, we do, for us, our heirs, and 
Successors, Give and Grant unto the said Gover- 
nors of the said College, and to their Successors 
for ever, that these our Letters patent, being JjJJJJf' 
entered of Record, as is herein after particularly 
Expressed, or the Enrollment thereof, shall be 
Good and Effectual in the Law, to all Intents and 
purposes, against us, our heirs, and Successors, 
without any other Lycense, Grant, or Confirma- 
tion, from us, our heirs, or Successors, hereafter by 
the said Governors of the said College to be had 
or obtained, Notwithstanding the not reciting or 
misrecital, or not naming or misnaming, of the 
aforesaid offices, Franchises, Priviledges, Immu- 
nities, or other the premises, or any of them; 
and notwithstanding a writt ad Quod Damnum 



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hath not issued forth to inquire of or concerning 
the Premises, or any of them, before the ensealing 
hereof, any Statute, act, Ordinance, or provision, 
or any other matter or thing to the Contrary 
thereof in any wise Notwithstanding ; To have, 
hold, and Enjoy, all and singular the Priviledges 
Liberties, advantages, and Immunities, and all 
and singular other the Premises herein or hereby 
Granted, or meant, mentioned, or Intended to be 
herein and hereby Given and Granted unto them, 
the said Governors of the said College of the 
Province of New York, in the City of New York, 
in America, and to their Successors for ever. 
In Testimony whereof, we have caused these our 
Letters to be made patent, and the Great seal of 
our Province of New York to be hereunto affixed, 
and the same to be entered of Record in our 
Secretary's office of our said Province, in one of 
the Books of Patents there Remaining. Witness 
our Trusty and well beloved James Be Lancey, Esq., 
our Lieutenant Governor, and Commander in chief 
in and over our Province of New York, and the 
Territories depending thereon, in America, in, by, 
and with the Advice and Consent of our Council 
October 3ist °f our sa *d Province, this thirty first day of Octo- 
ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven 
hundred and fifty four, and of our Reign the 
twenty eighth. The following Erasures and Inter- 
lineations appearing in these our Letters Patent. 
That is to say, in the first skin, Line four, the 
word [Law]. Line nineteen, these words, [by 
these our Letters Patent, that there be Erected 
and made] Interlined: line twenty one, [with] 
wrote on Eraisure: line twenty two, [Law] Inter- 
lined. In the second skin, line Twelve, [the] 



1754 



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interlined, and [YoungQr] wrote on Eraisure. 
In the third skin, the First line, [and secret,] and 
in the sixth Line, [Administered] wrote partly on 
eraisure. In the twelfth line, [And the first Lord 
Commissioner for Trade and Plantations] Inter- 
lined. And in the fourth skin, and first line, the 
word [And] Interlined. 



CLARKE, Junior. 



ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE, 



KELATING TO 



COLUMBIA COLLEGE 



An ACT to institute an University within this State, 
and for other Purposes therein mentioned. 

Passed April 13th, 1787. [Sess. 10. ch. 82. sec. 8, 9, 10, 11. 
Greenleaf s Edit. vol. i. p. 437. Kent & Radcliflfs Edit. vol. ii. 
p. 336.] 

VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority Former char- 
aforesaid, That the charter heretofore granted to Sgeinthe ' 
the governors of the college of the province of York°con- W 
New- York, in the city of New- York, in America, 
dated the thirty-first day of October, in the year 
of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and 
fifty-four, shall be, and hereby is fully and abso- 
lutely ratified and confirmed, in all respects, ex- 
cept that the college thereby established, shall be 
henceforth called Columbia college : That the 
style of the said corporation shall be, The trustees 



firmed. 



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of Columbia college, in the city of New- York ; and 
that no persons shall be trustees of the same, in 
virtue of any offices, characters, or descriptions 
whatever ; excepting also such clauses thereof as 
require the taking of oaths, and subscribing the 
declaration therein mentioned ; and which render 
a person ineligible to the office of president of the 
college, on account of his religious tenets, and pre- 
scribe a form of public prayer to be used in the 
said college; and also excepting the clause thereof 
which provides, that the by-laws and ordinances 
to be made in pursuance thereof, should not be 
repugnant to the laws and statutes of that part of 
the kingdom of Great-Britain, called England ; 
except also, that in all cases where fifteen gover- 
nors are required to constitute a quorum for the 
despatch of business, thirteen trustees shall be 
sufficient. Provided always, That the by-laws 
and ordinances to be made by the trustees of the 
said Columbia college, shall not be contrary to the 
constitution and laws of this state. 

IX. And be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That James Duane, Samuel Provost, 
John H. Livingston, Richard Varick, Alexander 
Hamilton, John Mason, James Wilson, John 
Gano, Brockholst Livingston, Robert Harper, 
John Daniel Gross, Johann Christoff Kunze, 
Walter Livingston, Lewis A. Scott, Joseph Dela- 
plaine, Leonard Lispenard, Abraham Beach, John 
Lawrence, John Rutherford, Morgan Lewis, John 
Cochran, Gershom Seixas, Charles M'Knight, 
Thomas Jones, Malachi Treat, Samuel Bard, 
Nicholas Romein, Benjamin Kissam, and Ebene- 
zer Crossby, shall be, and they are hereby consti- 



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tuted and declared to be the present trustees of 
Columbia college, in the city of New York, and 
that when by the death or resignation, or removal 
of any of the said trustees, the number of those 
trustees shall be reduced to twenty-four, then and 
from thenceforth the said twenty-four trustees 
shall be, and they hereby are declared and con- 
stituted trustees of the said Columbia college, in 
perpetual succession, according to the true intent 
and meaning of the said charter ; and all vacan- 
cies thereafter shall be supplied in the manner 
thereby directed. 

X. And be it further enacted by the authority^ power, 
aforesaid, That all and singular the power, autho- estates of the 
ritv, rights, privileges, franchises, and immunities, ed in the 

\ , „ -, -,-,.-, . -i trustees. 

so heretofore granted to, and vested in the said 
governors of the college of the province of New- 
York, in the city of New-York, in America, by the 
said charter, excepting as before excepted, shall 
be, and the same hereby are granted to and vested 
in the trustees of Cohimbia college, in the city of 
New- York, and their successors forever, as fully 
and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if 
the same were herein particularly specified and 
expressed ; and all and singular the lands, tene- 
ments, hereditaments, and real estate, goods, chat- 
tels, rents, annuities, moneys, books, and other 
property, whe^ofthe said governors of the college 
of the province of New- York, in the city of New- 
York, in America, were seised, possessed, or enti- 
tled, under and in virtue of the said charter, or 
with which the regents of the said university were 
invested, under or by virtue of the said acts, for 
the use or benefit of the said Columbia college, 
shall be, and the same hereby are granted to and 



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vested in the said trustees of Columbia college, 
in the city of New- York, and their successors for- 
ever, for the sole use and benefit of the said 
college; and it shall and may be lawful to and 
for the said trustees, and their successors, to grant, 
bargain, sell, demise, improve, and dispose of the 
same, as to them shall seem meet. Provided 
always, That the lands given and granted to the 
governors of the college of the province of New- 
York, in the city of New- York, in America, by the 
corporation, heretofore styled, The rector and in- 
habitants of the city of New- York, in communion 
of the church of England, as by law established, 
on part whereof the said college is erected, shall 
not be granted for any greater estate, or in any 
other manner, than is limited by the said charter. 
uttodn s ' XI. And be it further enacted by the authority 
lilt* 1 ™* 1 ' aforesaid, That when any special meeting of the 
trustees of the said college shall be deemed ne- 
cessary, it shall and may be lawful to and for the 
senior trustee of the said college, then in the city 
of New- York, and taking upon himself the exer- 
cise of the office, (which seniority shall be deter- 
mined according to the order in which the said 
trustees are named in this act, and shall be 
elected hereafter,) and he is hereby authorized 
and required, on application for that purpose in 
writing under the hands of any five or more of 
the said trustees, to appoint a time for such spe- 
cial meeting, in some convenient place within the 
said city, and to cause due notice thereof to be 
given in the manner directed by the said charter. 

XXII. And be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid, That the act, entitled, An act for grant- 
ing certain privileges to the college heretofore 



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called King's college, for altering the name and 
charter thereof, and erecting an university with- 
in this state, passed the 1st day of May, 1784 ; and 
the act, entitled, An act to amend an act, entitled, 
An act for granting certain privileges to the col- 
lege heretofore called King's college, for altering 
the name and charter thereof, and erecting an 
university within this state, passed the 26th day 
of November, 1784, be, and they are hereby sev- 
erally repealed. 

[The 8th, 9th, 10th & 11th §§ of the preceding Act repealed 
by § 10, act March 23, 1810, following.] 



An ACT to encourage Literature, by Donations to 
Columbia College, and to the swzral Academies in 
the State. 

Passed April 11th, 1792. [Sess. 15. ch. G9. sec. 1. 3. Green- 
leafs Edit. vol. ii. p. 479.] 

Whereas it has been represented to the legis- 
lature, that the funds of Columbia college, in this 
state, have, in consequence of events which took 
place during the late war, been so far diminished, 
as to render it impracticable for the trustees to de- 
fray certain necessary expenses which have ac- 
crued to the college, in consequence of the altera- 
tions in the streets of the city of New York, and 
to repair the losses which the college sustained 
during the late war, with respect to its library, 
and to incur such further expenses as would ren- 
der the seminary more extensively useful, without 
pecuniary aid from the legislature : For remedy 
whereof, 



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The certain I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of New 
mentioned, 11 York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That there 
andpaid to shall be allowed and paid to the trustees of Co- 
of said coi- lumbia college, or their order, for the use of the 
SpurpT institution, the sum of fifteen hundred pounds, for 
the purpose of enlarging its library, and the sum 
of two hundred pounds for a chemical apparatus ; 
and the sum of twelve hundred pounds for the 
purpose of building a wall, necessary to support 
the grounds of the college, and the further sum of 
five thousand pounds for the purpose of erecting a 
hall and an additional wing to the college, pursu- 
ant to the original plan of the institution ; and the 
treasurer is hereby authorized to pay the said re- 
spective sums out of such moneys as may be or 
may come into the treasury, of the annual revenue 
of the state, and which may not be appropriated 
for the purpose of supporting government, or sat- 
isfying claims against the state, or for completing 
the sum of two hundred thousand pounds to be 
loaned in the several counties of this state, by vir- 
tue of the act, entitled, " An act for loaning mon- 
eys belonging to the state." 

^teuSeS ^* ^ n ^ ^ e it farther enacted, That the treasurer 
^coiumMa sna n annually, for five years, unless otherwise 
fiTe ua ear/° r directed by the legislature, pay to the trustees of 
Columbia college, or their order, out of the like 
moneys as above described, the sum of seven hun- 
dred and fifty pounds, to be applied to the pay- 
ment of the salaries of such additional professors 
in the said college, as the said trustees shall think 
proper to appoint. 



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An ACT to amend the Act, entitled, " An Act for 
the Encouragement of Literature. 11 

Passed April 3d, 1802. [Sess. 25. ch. 105. sec. 1, 2. Webster's 
Edit. vol. iii. p. 165.] 

Whereas it appears, from a report of the sur- 
veyor-general, that the grant of a certain tract of 
land in the county of Washington, adjoining the 
south end of Lake George, to the regents of the 
university, in and by the act, entitled, " An act 
for the further encouragement of literature,' 7 inter- 
feres with the bounds of lands previously granted ; 
and the regents having prayed for a grant of other 
lands adjoining the same, and in lieu thereof, to 
enable them the more effectually to fulfil the pur- 
poses for which the grant of those lands was 
intended: Therefore, 

I. Be it enacted by the People of the State of JVew- 
York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That the 
said regents of the university, and their succes- 
sors, shall be and hereby are vested with the 
seisin and possession of the lands hereafter de- 
scribed, belonging to the people of this state ; that 
is to say, a certain tract of land in the county of 
Washington, adjoining the south end of Lake 
George, beginning on the east shore of the said 
lake, where the westerly bounds of a tract of two 
thousand acres, granted by letters patent to Wil- 
liam Houghton, strikes the same, and running 
thence along the said Houghton's tract southerly 
and westerly to the northwest corner thereof, then 
with a straight line to the most westerly corner of 
a tract of two hundred acres granted by letters 
patent to John Jones, then along the southerly 
bounds thereof, to Lake George, and then along 



named. 



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the same southerly, easterly, and northerly, to the 
place of beginning, containing one thousand seven 
hundred and twenty-four acres of land ; and the 
former grant to the said regents, so far as the 
same included lands not herein described, shall 
be void. 

II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be 
lawful for the said regents to grant and convey to 
the trustees of Columbia and Union colleges, and 
their successors, the lands above described, toge- 
ther with the lands at Ticonderoga and Crown 
Point already vested in the said regents, in such 
proportions as they shall deem just and reasona- 
ble, for. the use of the said colleges respectively. 



An ACT relative to Columbia College in the city of 
New-York. 

Passed March 23d, 1810. [Sess. 33. ch. 85. Webster & Skinner's 
Edit, of Statutes, vol. vi. p. 24.] 

Whereas the trustees of Columbia college, in 
the city of New- York, have represented, that sun- 
dry impediments to their trust, and to the interest 
of literature in the college, are found by expe- 
rience from certain restrictions and defects in 
their charter, and have prayed relief, and that 
their charter, when amended, may be comprised 
in one act : Therefore, 
Trustees I. BE it enacted by the people of the State of New- 

York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That John 
H. Livingston, Richard Varick, Brockholst Liv- 
ingston, Abraham Beach, John Lawrence, Ger- 
shom Seixas, Richard Harison, John Watts, 
William Moore, Cornelius I. Bogart, John M. Ma- 






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son, Edward Dunscomb, George C. Anthon, John 
N. Abeel, James Tillary, John H. Hobart, Benja- 
min Moore, Egbert Benson, Governeur Morris, 
Jacob Radcliff, Rufus King, Samuel Miller, Oliver 
Wolcott, and John B. Romeyn, the present trustees 
of the said college, and their successors, shall be 
and remain forever hereafter, a body politic and 
corporate, in fact and in name, by the name of 
'* The trustees of Columbia College, in the city of 
New- York," and by that name shall and may 
have continual succession for ever hereafter, and 
shall be able in law to sue and be sued, implead 
and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, 
defend and be defended, in all courts and places 
whatsoever, and may have a common seal, and 
may change and alter the same at their plea- 
sure, and also, shall be able in law to take by 
purchase, gift, grant, devise, or in any other man- 
ner, and to hold any real and personal estate 
whatsoever ; Provided always, The clear yearly Proviso, 
value of the real estate to be so acquired , shall Revenue 
not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars ; estatelo be 
and also that they and their successors shall have notto r exceea 

, , , . ,, , 20,000 dol- 

power to give, grant, bargain, sell, demise, oriars. 
otherwise dispose of, all or any part of the said 
real and personal estate, as to them shall seem 
best for the interest of the said college. 

II. And be it further enacted, That the said trus- Power of 
tees, and their successors, shall forever hereafter . 
have full power and authority to direct and pre- 
scribe the course of study, and the discipline to 
be observed in the said college, and also to select 
and appoint by ballot or otherwise, a president ofTo appoint a 
the said college, who shall hold his office during 
good behaviour ; and such professor or professors, ^tutors. 



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tutor or tutors, to assist the president in the gov- 
ernment and education of the students belonging 
offieers. to the said college, and such other officer or offi- 
cers, as to the said trustees shall seem meet, all of 
whom shall hold their offices during the pleasure 
Proviso. f the trustees : Provided^ always, That no such 
professor, tutor, or other assistant officer shall be 
trustee. 
President, jtj ji n ^ fc n f ur ther enacted, That if complaint 
removed. sna ll be made in writing to the said trustees, or 
their successors, by any member of the said cor- 
poration of any misbehaviour in office by the pre- 
sident, it shall be lawful for the said trustees, or 
their successors, from time to time, upon exami- 
nation, and such due proof of misbehaviour, to 
suspend or discharge such president, and to ap- 
point another in his place. 
Eleven IV. And be it further enacted, That eleven of the 

quorum. said trustees, lawfully convened, as is hereinafter 
aeii real directed, shall be a quorum for the despatch of all 
business, except for the disposal of real estate, or 
for the choice or removal of a president, for either 
of which purposes there shall be a meeting of at 
least thirteen trustees, 
chairman V. And be it further enacted, That the said trus- 
baiiot. J tees shall have full power and authority to elect 
by ballot their own chairman once in every year, 
or at such other periods as they shall prefer. 

VI. And be it further enacted, That the said 

trustees shall also have power, by a majority of 

votes of the members present, to elect and appoint, 

upon the death, removal out of the state, or other 

vacancies in vacancy of the place or places of any trustee or 

the Board of J r l J , 

Trustees, trustees, other or others, in his or their places or 
stead as often as such vacancy shall happen ; and 



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also to make and declare vacant the seat of any 
trustee who shall absent himself from five suc- 
cessive meetings of the board ; and also to meet 
upon their own adjournment, and so often as they ^Jf n ~ 
shall be summoned by their chairman, or in his 
absence by the senior trustee ; whose seniority g° ior Trus - 
shall be accounted according to the order in which 
the said trustees are named in this act, and shall 
be elected hereafter ; Provided always, That the ^lf 8 
said chairman or senior trustee shall not sum- 
mon a meeting of the corporation unless required 
thereto in writing by three of the members ; And 
provided also, That he cause notice of the time and Jfo^Sffid. 
place of the said meeting to be given in one or 
more of the public newspapers printed in the City 
of New-York, at least three days before such 
meeting : and that every member of the corpora- 
tion resident in the city shall be previously ad- 
vertised in writing of the time and place of every 
guch meeting. 

VII. And be it further enacted, That the said Honours and 

' degrees. 

trustees and their successors, shall have power 
and authority to grant all such literary honours 
and degrees, as are usually granted by any uni- 
versity, college, or seminary of learning in this 
state, or in the United States ; and in testimony 
of such grant to give suitable diplomas under their Diplomas. 
seal, and the signatures of the president and such 
professors, or tutors of the college, as they shall 
judge expedient ; which diplomas shall entitle the 
possessors respectively to all the immunities and 
privileges which either by usage or statute are 
allowed to possessors of similar diplomas from 
any university, college, or seminary of learning. 



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By-Laws. 



Proviso. 
No person 
ineligible on 
account of 
his religious 
tenets. 



Grants of 
Property 
confirmed. 



Proviso. 
Lands 
granted by 
Trinity 
Church, to 
be leas ed for 
63 years. 



VIII. And be it further enacted, That the said 
trustees, and their successors, shall have full 
power and authority to make all ordinances and 
by-laws which to them shall seem expedient for 
carrying into effect the designs of their institution ; 
Provided always, That such ordinances or by-laws 
shall not make the religious tenets of any person 
a condition of admission to any privilege or office 
in the said college, nor be inconsistent with the 
constitution and laws of this state, nor with the 
constitution and laws of the United States. 

IX. And be it further enacted, That all the real 
and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever, 
which were formerly vested in the governors of 
the college of the province of New- York, in the 
city of New- York, in America, or in the trustees 
of Columbia college in the city of New- York, be 
and the same is hereby confirmed to and vested 
in the said trustees of Columbia college in the 
city of New- York, and their successors for ever, 
for the sole use and benefit of the said college ; 
and that it shall and may be lawful to and for the 
said trustees, and their successors, to grant, bar- 
gain,sell,demise,improved and dispose of the same, 
as to them shall seem meet ; Provided always, 
That the lands given and granted to the gover- 
nors of the college of the province of New- York, 
in the city of New-York, in America, by the cor- 
poration heretofore styled " The Kector and In- 
habitants of the city of New- York, in communion 
of the Church of England, as by law established," 
on part whereof the said college is erected, 
shall not be granted for any greater term of time 
than sixty-three years.* 



* See Act, passed April 15, 1852, post. 



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X. And be it further enacted, That the eighth, 
ninth, tenth, and eleventh sections of the act, en- 
titled, " an act to institute an university within this 
state, and for other purposes therein mentioned/' 
passed the thirteenth day of April, in the year of 
our Lord one thousand seven hundred an eighty- 
seven, be and the same are hereby repealed.* 



An ACT to render the Provost of Columbia College, 
in the city of New- York, eligible to be a Trustee 
thereof. 

Passed Feb. 14th, 1812. [Sess. 35. ch. 6. Webster & Skinner's 
Edit. vol. vi. p. 348.] 

Whereas the trustees of Columbia college have, 
by their petition, prayed that the provost of the 
said college may be made eligible as a trustee of 
said college : 

Be it enacted by the People of the State of New- 
York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That it 
shall and may be lawful for the provost of Colum- 
bia college, in the city of New- York, for the time 
being, to be elected and act as a trustee of the 
said college, any thing contained in the act, enti- 
tled, " an act relative to Columbia college in the 
city of New- York," or in any other act or charter 
of the said college, to the contrary notwithstand- 
ing. 



* See also the Act passed April 9, 1813, sess. 36. ch. 82., Yan 
Ness & Woodworth, vol. ii. p. 265., and new Revised Statutes, 
vol. iii. p. 236, re-enacting the above act, omitting only the Pre- 
amble, and the names of Trustees : and with the additional pro- 
viso, as to the eligibility of the Provost as a Trustee. 



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An ACT instituting a Lottery for the 'promotion of 
Literature, and for other purposes. 

Passed April 13th, 1814. [Sess. 37. ch. 120. sec. 6, 7. Webster & 
Skinner's Edit. vol. iii. p. 142.] 

den^aifted VI ' ^ nd oe it further enacted, That all the right, 
coUe ge mbia ^ e > an( * interest of the people of this state in and 
to all that certain piece or parcel of land, with the 
appurtenances, situate in the ninth ward of the 
city of New- York, known by the name of the Botan- 
ic Garden, and lately conveyed to the people of 
this state by David Hosack, with the appurtenances, 
be and the same is hereby granted to and vested 
in the trustees of Columbia college, in the city of 
New-York, their successors and assigns ; but this 
grant is made upon the express condition, that 
the college establishment shall be removed to the 
said tract of land hereby granted, or to lands ad- 
jacent thereto, within twelve years from this time; 
and if the said establishment shall not be so re- 
moved within the time above limited, then and 
from thenceforth, this grant shall cease and be void, 
and the premises hereby granted shall thereupon 
revert to the people of this state. 

S^ofco 118 " ^H- ^ nd oe it further enacted, That the trustees 
lumbiacoi- of Columbia college shall, within three months 

legem trans- " ' 

Shei n foi° ^ e ^ me °^ ^ e P assa g e °f this act > transmit 

ii?t e of Ce ian a t s n to ^ e trustees °f eacn °f tne other colleges in this 
etc ' state, a list of the different kinds of plants, flowers, 

and shrubs in said garden ; and within one year 
thereafter, the said trustees of Columbia college, 
shall deliver at the said garden, if required, at 
least one healthy exotic flower, shrub, or plant of 
each kind, of which they shall have more than one 
at the time of application, together with the jar or 



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vessel containing the same, to the trustees of each 
of the other colleges of this state, who shall apply 
therefor. 



An ACT relative to Columbia college, in the city of 

New- York. 

Passed February 19th, 1819. [Sess. 42. ch. 19. Gould & Co's 
Edit. vol. v. p. 26.] 

Whekeas it is of the first importance in a free 
state, that seminaries of learning should be care- 
fully protected, and, from time to time, receive 
the fostering aid of the legislature : And whereas, 
with these views, all the right, title, and interest of 
the people of this state in a certain piece or parcel 
of land, situate in the ninth ward of the city of 
New- York, called " The Botanic Garden," was in 
and by an act of the legislature, entitled " an act 
instituting a lottery for the promotion of literature, 
and for other purposes," passed April 13th, 1814, 
given and granted to Columbia College, subject 
to certain conditions therein specified : And 
whereas the said grant has not been productive of 
the benefits intended by the said act : Therefore, 

I. BE it enacted by the People of the State of New- conditions 
York, represented in Senate and Assembly, That that ° f J he . 
part of the sixth section of the act, entitled, "an denre P ealed 
act instituting a lottery for the promotion of litera- 
ture, and for other purposes," passed April 13th, 
1814, which contains a condition to the grant 
made to the trustees of Columbia college, that 
the college establishment shall be removed to the 
tract of land thereby granted, or to the lands ad- 
jacent thereto, and the seventh section of the said 
act, be and the same are hereby repealed. 



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II. And be it further enacted, That the sum of ten 
thousand dollars be paid by the treasurer, on the 
warrant of the comptroller, to the trustees of Co- 
lumbia College, out of any moneys not otherwise 
appropriated, to be applied by the said trustees 
as the interests of the said college may require. 



Jin ACT to amend an act, entitled "An Act relative 
to Columbia College, in the city of New-York" 
passed March 23, 1810. (Laws of 1852, ch. 310.) 
Passed April 15, 1852. 
The People of the State of New York, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : 
I. The ninth section of the act entitled, " An 
act relative to Columbia College, in the city of 
New- York," passed March 23d, eighteen hundred 
and ten, is hereby amended, by adding at the end 
of said section the following words : " unless the 
consent of said Grantors in writing, under their 
corporate seal, shall be first had and obtained to 
the disposal thereof, free from such restriction. 77 



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